M Irfan

Lot 35: M. IRFAN

Name: M. IRFAN
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: fa01d3a71e

Est: $125,000 HKD - $185,000 HKDSold:

Sotheby'sHong Kong, ChinaApril 05, 2010

Item Overview

Description

M. IRFAN B. 1972 THE ARTIFACT OF GREEN Quantity: 1 SIGNED, SIGNED WITH A MONOGRAM OF THE ARTIST AND DATED 2009 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, SIGNED WITH A MONOGRAM OF THE ARTIST, TITLED THE ARTIFACT OF GREEN AND DATED 2009 ON A COVER SHEET ON THE REVERSE MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS 200 by 298 cm.; 78 3/4 by 117 1/4 in.

Artist or Maker

M Irfan

Notes

"By choosing locomotives and railway tracks as objects for his paintings he discloses longings and wishes... Minangkabau people are known for their tradition of... temporary migration... Irfan himself says that his works are about arrival and departure. There are dreams of leaving and dreams of waiting... [Locomotives] are predominantly carriers of wishes, hopes and expectations."

ANTON LARENZ CITED IN EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, BEIJING, ODYSSEY, 2008

Auction Details

Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings

Sotheby's

April 05, 2010, 10:30 AM ChST

5/F One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, Admiralty, -, CN

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